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ኤርትራን ኢትዮጵያን፡ መገዲ ጥፍኣትዶ ወይስ መገዲ ሕውየትን ልምዓትን
ኤርትራን ኢትዮጵያን፡ መገዲ ጥፍኣትዶ ወይስ መገዲ ሕውየትን ልምዓትን ሰመረ ሰሎሞን 24 ጥቅምቲ 2026 መዘኻኸሪ ብዕለት 3 ጥቅምቲ 2026 “ልቦና ዝሓትት እዋን፡ ቅልውላው ኢትዮጵያን ስትራተጅያዊ ሓላፍነት ኤርትራን” ኣብ ትሕቲ ዝብል ኣርእስቲ ዝዘርጋሕክዎ ጽሑፍ ነይሩ። እዚ ጽሑፍ’ዚ ካብ ዝዝርጋሕ ንኔው ሓደ ሓደ ኣገደስቲ ምዕባለታት ተኸሲቶም ኣለዉ። እዛ ዓንቀጽ’ዚኣ እምበኣር ነዞም ክሳዕ’ዛ ሰዓት’ዚኣ ተራእዮም ዘለዉ ምዕባለታት ንምድህሳሳን ከም ዜጋታት ድማ ንድሕነት ህዝብናን ሃገርናን ኢልና ከነስተውዕለሎም ብዛዕባ ዘሎና ጕዳያትን ትድህስስ። ከም መቐጸልታ ናይታ ኣብ ዕለት 3 ጥቅምቲ ዝተጻሕፈት ዓንቀጽ ኮይና ክትውሰድ ድማ እላቦ። 1. ኣብ ድርኵኺት ከቢድ ዕንወት ከይንህሉ ዘሻቕል ኵነታት ቀርኒ ኣፍሪቃ ኽግታእ ኣብ ዝኽእል ሓደገኛ ድ

Semere Solomon
5 days ago11 min read


ድሕረ-ለውጢ፡ መዋጥር ቀዳመይቲ መዓልቲ - ክልተ ሕርያታት - ቀውሲዶ ቐጻልነት፧
ድሕረ-ለውጢ፡ መዋጥር ቀዳመይቲ መዓልቲ - ክልተ ሕርያታት ቀውሲዶ ቐጻልነት፧ ሰመረ ሰሎሞን 12 ጥቅምቲ 2026 መተሓሳሰቢ ንኣንበብቲ ቅድሚ ነዛ ሓጻር ዓንቀጽ’ዚኣ ምንባብ፡ ንኽቡራት ኣንበብቲ ሓንቲ ንእሽቶ መተሓሳሳቢት ከቕርብ ኣፍቅዱለይ። እዛ ዓንቀጽ’ዚኣ ምስዚ ኣብዚ እዋን’ዚ ኣብ መንጎ ስርዓታት ኢትዮጵያን ኤርትራን ተኸሲቱ ዘሎ ወተሃደራዊ ረጽሚ ምትሕሓዝ የብላን። ንኣይ እታ “ድሕረ-ለውጢ እትኽሰት ቀዳመይቲ ወጋሕታ” ወትሩ ምስ ኣተሓሳሰበትኒ’ያ። እዚ ቴማ’ዚ ኣብ በበይኖም ጽሑፋተይ ይኹን ኣብቶም ክሳዕ ሎሚ ንኣንበብቲ ዘቕረብክወን ሰለስተ መጻሕፍተይ ብተደጋጋሚ ኸም ዘልዓልኩዎም ምዝካር’ውን ኣገዳሲ ኽኸውን’ዩ። ሕጂ’ውን እንተ ኾነ፡ በዚ ይኹን በቲ፡ እቲ ለውጢ ኽመጽእ’ዩ ዝብል ነቕ ዘይብል እምነት ኣሎኒ። እሞኸ ደኣ እታ ጽባሕ ለውጢ ዘላ መዓ

Semere Solomon
Oct 1210 min read


The Imperative of Prudence: Ethiopia’s Crisis and Eritrea’s Strategic Responsibilities
The Imperative of Prudence: Ethiopia’s Crisis and Eritrea’s Strategic Responsibilities Semere Solomon October 6, 2026 Introduction The Horn of Africa is entering a period of grave uncertainty. Across Eritrea’s southern frontier, Ethiopia faces overlapping armed conflicts, contested visions of statehood, deep economic strain, and widening social polarization. These are not isolated security incidents or temporary political disturbances. They reflect unresolved disputes over

Semere Solomon
Oct 610 min read


Where to find my books
Prospects for Political Transition in Eritrea By Semere Solomon Prospects for Political Transition in Eritrea a book by Semere Solomon - Bookshop.org US Buy Prospects for Political Transition in Eritrea: Translating Aspirations into Reality Hardcover by Solomon, Semere Online Buy TeK'Elo Poletikawi Sighighir Ab Ertra (Prospects for Political Transition in Eritrea): Kab HanQewta Nab Kwninet (Translating Aspirations into Reality) Hardcover by Solomon, Semere -. Online TeK'Elo P

Semere Solomon
Oct 41 min read


ልቦና ዝሓትት እዋን፡ ቅልውላው ኢትዮጵያን ስትራተጅያዊ ሓላፍነት ኤርትራን
ልቦና ዝሓትት እዋን፡ ቅልውላው ኢትዮጵያን ስትራተጂያዊ ሓላፍነት ኤርትራን ሰመረ ሰሎሞን 4 ጥቅምቲ 2026 መእተዊ ዞባ ቀርኒ ኣፍሪቃ ዳግማይ ኣብ ከቢድ ናይ ዘይርጕእነት ኵነታት ይሽመም ኣሎ። ብሸነኽ ደቡብ ኤርትራ ተደኲና እትርከብ ኢትዮጵያ ብኣብ ነንሓድሕዶም ዝተርኣኣሱ ጐነጻውያን ረጽምታት፣ ኣከራኸርቲ ራእያት ብዛዕባ ሃገረ-መንግስቲ፣ ዓሚቝ ቍጠባዊ መቝጸይቲ፡ ከምኡ’ውን እናሰፍሐ ዝኸይድ ዘሎ ማሕበራዊ ትፍንን ትሳቐ ኣላ። እዚኣቶም ተነጺሎም ዝረኣዩ ፍጻመታት ጸጥታ ወይ’ውን ግዜያውያን ፖለቲካዊ ረብሻታት ኣይኮኑን። እንታይ ደኣ፡ ብዛዕባ ፈደራላውነት፡ ፖለቲካዊ ውክልና፡ ዜግነት፡ መሬት፡ ስልጣን፡ ከምኡ’ውን ኣብ ውሽጢ ሕጋዊ መዋቕር ናይ ኢትዮጵያዊ ሃገረ-መንግስቲ ዘለዉ ዘይተፈትሑ ዘይምርድዳኣት ዘንጸባርቑ’ዮም። ኣብ ከምዚ ዝኣመሰለ ፈታኒ እ

Semere Solomon
Oct 49 min read


Beyond Fear: Eritrea’s Silence, Generational Divide, and the Path to Change
Beyond Fear: Eritrea’s Silence, Generational Divide, and the Path to Change Semere Solomon September 26, 2026 Introduction For many years, concerned Eritreans have asked a painful question: Why do people inside Eritrea appear to endure oppression, repression, and the steady narrowing of public life in silence? That silence takes many forms. It can mean pretending not to see what is visible or not to hear what is openly said. It can mean denying events taking place befo

Semere Solomon
Sep 2613 min read


ስቕታ፡ ንሓቂ ምኽሓድን ምስሉይነትን ባህርይ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ድዩ፧
ስቕታ፡ ንሓቂ ምኽሓድን ምስሉይነትን ባህርይ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ድዩ፧ ብሰመረ ሰሎሞን 24 መስከረም 2026 መእተዊ ንብዙሓት ግዱሳትን ለባማትን ኤርትራውያን ካብ ዘጨንቕ ሓያለይ ዝገበረ ሕቶ ኣሎ። እቲ ሕቶ ስለ ምንታይ’ዩ ህዝቢ ኤርትራ ነቲ ንነዊሕ ዝኸደን ኣዝዩ እናኸበደን ዝመጽእ ዘሎን ጭቆናን ዕምጸጻን ኣብ ትሕቲ ግሁድ ስቕታ ጸይሩዎ ዝኸይድ ዘሎ ዝብል’ዩ። እዚ ብዝተፈላልዩ መልክዓት ይግለጽ፡- ርኢኻ ከም ዘይርአኻን ሰሚዕካ ከም ዘይሰማዕካ ምኻድ፣ ኣብ ትሕቲ ኣፍንጫኻ ንዝፍጸሙ ነገራት ምኽሓድ ወይ ኣሉ ምባል፣ እንታይ ገደሰኒ ኣብ ሽግር ዝኣቱ ንምዃኑኸ ምስ ህዝብኻ መዓት ዳርጋ ግዓት’ንዶ ኣይኮነን ኢልካ ህይወትካ ምቕጻል፣ ልዕሊ ዅሉ ድማ ነቲ በቲ ስርዓት ለይትን መዓልትን ዝዝርጋሕ ትረኻ ብዘይ ገለ ሕቶ ከም ዘለዎ ምቕባል። ንሰላሳ ዓመታት መግዛእ

Semere Solomon
Sep 2413 min read


ካብ ቃራና-መገዲ ናብ ኮሪደራት፦ ኤርትራ፡ ኢትዮጵያን ስርዓተ-ቀይሕ ባሕርን (መቐጸልታ ናይ ቀርኒ ኣፍሪቃ ኣብ ቃራና-መገዲ)
ካብ ቃራና-መገዲ ናብ ኮሪደራት፦ ኤርትራ፡ ኢትዮጵያን ስርዓተ-ቀይሕ ባሕርን (መቐጸልታ ናይ ቀርኒ ኣፍሪቃ ኣብ ቃራና-መገዲ) ብሰመረ ሰሎሞን መስከረም 18 2026 መእተዊ፡ ንተግባራዊ ኣፈጻጽማ እቲ ብዕለት 3 መስከረም 2026 ዝቐረበ ሓተታ፡ ጆግራፍያዊ ኣቀማምጣ ኤርትራ ጥራይ ንበይኑ ሓይሊ ክፈጥር ከም ዘይክእል ምጕት ቀሪቡ ነይሩ። ገማግም ቀይሕ ባሕርን ቅርበቶም ንባብ ኤል-መንደብን ከም ጸጋታት ክቝጸሩ ዝኽእሉ፡ እታ ሃገር ነቲ ጆግራፍያዊ ኣቀማምጣ ናብ ቅዋማዊ ልኡላውነት፡ ነቲ ሕጋዊ ቍመና ድማ ናብ ምትሕብባር፡ ንምትሕብባር ድማ ናብ ቍጠባዊ ዓቕሚ ኽትቅይሮ ምስ እትኽእል ጥራይ’ዩ። እቲ ኣብ ዝሓለፈ እዋን ዝተለቀ ሓተታ፡ ነቶም ክብጻሑ ዝድለዩ ስትራትጅያዊ መዓልቦታት ዝተፈላለዩ ሰብ ብርኪ ጠቒሱ ነይሩ። ንሳቶም ድማ፦ ሃገራዊ ስኒትን ቅዋማዊ ምሕደራ

Semere Solomon
Sep 177 min read


Excerpts from an article titled A Call from a Sister written by Zeineb Ali memorializing the events of September 18th 2001
On September 22, 2021, Zeineb Ali wrote an article titled A Call from a Sister to memorialize the events of September 18th 2001, when the nation's most prominent political leadership was detained, and all independent newspapers were banned. The flame of a courageous political initiative launched twenty-four years ago still burns brightly. Let us ensure it continues to blaze. Please see excerpts from the article below: Our heroes The detention of our heroes—and I call them h

Semere Solomon
Sep 162 min read


The Other Side of Me
The Other Side of Me Of course, I love reading and writing. But I also unwind with the blues, stay active with Pilates, and always enjoy good conversations with young compatriots. And yes—I’m a proud Arsenal supporter! We’re off to a strong start this season. Join me in cheering on the Gunners!

Semere Solomon
Sep 151 min read


ሰመረ ሰሎሞን ሳልሰይቲ መጽሓፉ ንኣንበብቲ የቕርብ፡ ተኽእሎ ፖለቲካዊ ስግግር ኣብ ኤርትራ፡ ካብ ሃንቀውታ ናብ ክውንነት
ሰመረ ሰሎሞን ሳልሰይቲ መጽሓፉ ንኣንበብቲ የቕርብ፦ ተኽእሎ ፖለቲካዊ ስግግር ኣብ ኤርትራ፥ ካብ ሃንቀውታ ናብ ክውንነት መስከረም 12 2026 ካብ ራእይ ናብ ተግባር ሓንቲ ሃገር ካብ ካብ ሃንቀውታ ናብ ክውንነት ብኸመይ ትሰጋገር፧ ኣብ'ታተኽእሎ ፖለቲካዊ ስግግር ኣብ ኤርትራ፥ ካብ ሃንቀውታ ናብ ክውንነት ዘርእስታ ሓዳስ መጽሓፉ፡ ደራሲ ሰመረ ነዚ ህጹጽ ሕቶ ክምልሶ ይህቅን። ነቲ ኣብ ኤርታራ፡ ቀለስቲ ሓሳባት ንሕውየት ሃገር ዘርእስታ ቅድሚ ሕጂ ዝተሓትመት መጽሓፉ ዘንጸፎ መሰረት ብምኽታል፡ እዚ መቐጸልታ ጽሑፍ’ዚ ንሃብታም ናይ ቃልሲ ውርሻ ህዝቢ ናብ ዘተኣማምንን ንቕድሚት ዝጥምትን ናይ ስግግር ኣጀንዳ ከተኣሳስሮ ይፍትን። ደራሲ ክኔው ፍተሻ (diagnosis) ናይቲ ቕልውላው፡ እቲ ንኤርትራ ኣጋጢምዋ ዘሎ ቐንዲ ዕንቅፋት ዝተዀልፈ ፖለቲካዊ ስግግር

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Sep 122 min read


ገምጋማት መጽሓፍ ተኽእሎ ፖለቲካዊ ስግግር ኣብ ኤርትራ፡ ካብ ሃንቀውታ ናብ ክውንነት ብሰመረ ሰሎሞን
ገምጋማት መጽሓፍ ተኽእሎ ፖለቲካዊ ስግግር ኣብ ኤርትራ፡ ካብ ሃንቀውታ ናብ ክውንነት መስከረም 12 2026 እዛ መጽሓፍ’ዚኣ ኣብ መጽናዕቲ ፖለቲካዊ ዕብየት ኤርትራ፡ ህንጸት ሃገር፡ ከምኡ’ውን ዕድላት ዲሞክራሲያዊ ሕደሳ ዓብን እዋናውንኣስተዋጽኦ’ያ። ደራሲ፡ ታሪኻዊ መርዳእታታት ምስ ጥንቁቕን ሚዛናዊን ትንተና ብምውህሃድ፡ ካብ ፖለሚካዊ ኽትዓት ብምርሓቕ፡ ነቶም ንህሉው ፖለቲካዊ፡ ቍጠባውን ማሕበራውን ብድሆታት’ታ ሃገር ዝሃነጹ ሓይልታት ሚዛናዊን ብምርምር ዝተደገፈን ኣገባብ ተቕርብ። ናይቲ ጽሑፍ ሕልናዊ መጐተን ንዕሙቕ ዝበለ ምርመራ ዘለዎ ኣተኵሮን፡ ንምሁራት፡ ሓንጸጽቲ ፖሊሲ፡ ከምኡ’ውን ንዝኾነ ይኹን ካብ ስነ ሓስባዊ ኽትዓት ወጻኢ ብዛዕባ ኤርትራ ዝዓሞቐ ኣፍልጦ ኽህልዎ ሃሰው ንዝብል ውልቀ-ሰብ ኣገዳሲ መወከሲ ይገብሮ። እዛ መጽሓፍ፡ ተሓታትነት፡

Semere Solomon
Sep 128 min read


The Horn of Africa at a Crossroads: Proposals for Eritrea Toward Prudent Management of the Regional Order
As you may recall, on August 29, 2026, I shared a commentary titled “The Shifting Dynamics of the Horn of Africa and Its Impact on Eritrea.” Many readers appreciated it and, given its usefulness and timeliness, asked for a broader treatment. In response, I offer the following essay as a continuation. I hope you enjoy reading it. The Horn of Africa at a Crossroads: Proposals for Eritrea Toward Prudent Management of the Regional Order By Semere Solomon September 11, 2026 Intr

Semere Solomon
Sep 1113 min read


Reviews: Prospects for Political Transition in Eritrea: Translating Aspirations into Reality
Reviews Prospects for Political Transition in Eritrea: Translating Aspirations into Reality Semere Solomon has created a tour de force with Prospects for Transition in Eritrea: Translating Aspirations into Reality, in which he takes apart the regime in Asmara brick by brick to reveal its utter inadequacy to lead the country out of the cul-de-sac it’s in today. He avoids letting his rage cloud his judgment, as he calmly and carefully builds his case with a rigor like none I’

Semere Solomon
Sep 78 min read


Semere Solomon Releases His Third Book: Prospects for Political Transition in Eritrea
From Vision to Action How does a nation move from aspiration to reality? In Prospects for Political Transition in Eritrea: Translating Aspirations into Reality, author Semere answers this urgent question. Following the foundation laid in Renewing the Promise, this sequel connects Eritrea’s rich liberation history to a credible, forward-looking transition agenda. Moving beyond the diagnosis of crisis, the author argues that the central obstacle facing Eritrea is a derailed pol

Semere Solomon
Sep 71 min read


ቀርኒ ኣፍሪቃ ኣብ ቃራና መገዲ፡ ንውሕሉል ምሕደራ ስርዓተ-ዞባ ዘገልግሉ ገለ ገለ እማመታት ንኤርትራ
ብዕለት 28 ነሓሰ 2026 “ተለዋዋጢ ዅነታት ቀርኒ ኣፍሪቃን ጽልዋታቱ ኣብ ኤርትራን” ኣብ ትሕቲ ዝብል ኣርእስቲ ሓደ ሓተታ ኣቕሪበ ኸም ዝነበርኩ ዝዝከር’ዩ። ብርክት ዝበሉ ነቲ ሓተታ ዘስተማቐርዎ ኣንበብቲ፡ ካብ ጠቓምነቱን እዋናውነቱን ዝተላዕለ፡ ቍሩብ ስፍሕ ኢሉ ኽቐርብ ንዝብሃቡኒ ምሕጽንታ መሰረት ብምግባር፡ እንሆ ከም መቐጸልታ ናይቲ ጽሑፍ ኮይኑ ኸገልግል ይኽእል’ዩ ዝበልኩዎ ሓተታ ኣብ ታሕቲ የቕርቦ ኣለኹ። ንምክትታልኩም ኣቐዲመ አመስግን። ቀርኒ ኣፍሪቃ ኣብ ቃራና መገዲ፡ ንውሕሉል ምሕደራ ስርዓተ-ዞባ ዘገልግሉ ገለ ገለ እማመታት ንኤርትራ ብሰመረ ሰሎሞን 03 መስከረም 2026 መእተዊ፡ ኣብ ስትራተጅያዊ ቕየራ ዝርከብ ዞባ ቀርኒ ኣፍሪቃ ናብ ዓሚቝ ጂኦፖለቲካዊ ለውጢ ይሰጋገር ኣሎ። ንነዊሕ እዋን ክኸይድ ዝጸንሐ ፖለቲካዊ ተሃላላኽነት፡

Semere Solomon
Sep 312 min read


The Shifting Dynamics of the Horn of Africa and Its Impact on Eritrea
The Shifting Dynamics of the Horn of Africa and Its Impact on Eritrea Semere Solomon August 29, 2026 Introduction The Horn of Africa is currently experiencing significant geopolitical realignment, characterized by two opposing coalitions. On one side, an alliance of Egypt, Somalia, and Eritrea seeks to contain Ethiopia’s ambitions. In contrast, a United Arab Emirates-backed bloc has formed between landlocked Ethiopia and the self-declared republic of Somaliland. This new ri

Semere Solomon
Aug 299 min read


ተለዋዋጢ ዅነታት ቀርኒ ኣፍሪቃን ጽልዋታቱ ኣብ ኤርትራን
ተለዋዋጢ ዅነታት ቀርኒ ኣፍሪቃን ጽልዋታቱ ኣብ ኤርትራን ሰመረ ሰሎሞን 28 ነሓሰ 2026 መእተዊ ኣብ ቀርኒ ኣፍሪቃ ብቐሊሉ ዝልለ ሓዲሽ ጂኦፖለቲካዊ ዳግመ-ኣሰላልፋ ሓይልታት ንዕዘብ ኣለና። እቲ ፖለቲካዊ መልክዓ- መሬት ብኽልተ ተጻረርቲ ኺዳናት ናይ ሰብ ብርኪ ይግለጽ። ንኢትዮጵያ ንምግታእ ዝዓለመ ንግብጺ፡ ሶማልን ኤርትራን ዝሓቝፍ ኪዳን በቲ ሓደ ወገን፣ በቲ ኻልእ ድማ ብሕቡራት ኢማራት ዓረብ ዝድገፍ ኣብ መንጎ ወደብ ኣልቦ ዝኾነት ኢትዮጵያን ሶማሊላንድን ዝተመስረተ ኺዳን። ብዘይካ’ዚ እቲ እናሰፍሐ ዝኸይድ ዘሎ ዂናት ሓድሕድ ሱዳን፡ ኣብ መጻብቦ ባብ ኤል መንደብ ተኸሲቱ ዘሎ ሚሊተራይዜሽን፡ ከምኡ’ውን ስዑዲ ዓረብ ዘበገሰቶ ሓድሽ ናይ ቀይሕ ባሕሪ ስርዓተ-ጸጥታ፡ ነቶም ኣቐዲሞም ዝጸንሑ ኸባብያዊ ግጭታት ናብ ዝሰፍሐ ናይ ውክልና ዂናት ኸይምዕብ

Semere Solomon
Aug 2812 min read


Book Review by Professor Araya Debessay - Renewing the Promise: A New Vision for Eritrea, written by Semere Solomon
The book I would like to introduce today is Renewing the Promise: A New Vision for Eritrea, written by Semere Solomon. This is a timely, thoughtful, and ambitious book. It is not simply a criticism of Eritrea’s current political system. Nor is it merely another account of the country’s long struggle for independence. Rather, it examines what went wrong after independence and, more importantly, proposes a comprehensive vision for rebuilding Eritrea as a peaceful, democratic, j

Semere Solomon
Aug 266 min read


እቲ ዘይተማልአ መብጽዓ፡ ንውርሻና እናኽበርና ንክውንነት ምግጣም፡ ኣብ መበል 50 ዓመት ዝኽሪ ምስረታ ቤት ትምህርቲ ሰውራ ዝቀረበ መደረ
እዚ ዝስዕብ መደረ ብኣጋጣሚ ናይ ሓምሳ ዓመት ምስረታ ቤት ትምህርቲ ሰውራ ኣብ ዝተገብረ ጽንብል ብዝተገብረለይ ዕድመ መሰረት ብኣካል ተረኺበ ዝሃብክዎ'ዩ። "ኣብ እቲ ዘይተማልአ መብጽዓ፡ ንውርሻና እናኽበርና ንክውንነት ምግጣም" ኣብ መበል 50 ዓመት ዝኽሪ ምስረታ ቤት ትምህርቲ ሰውራ ዝቀረበ መደረ ብሰመረ ሰሎሞን 24 ሓምለ 2026 ክቡራን ኣጋይሽ፡ ኣሰናዳእቲ’ዚ መደብን፡ መሳርሕተይ ነበርን ናይ ቀደም ተመሃሮን፤ ከመይ ኣምሲኹም፧ መበል 50 ዓመት ምስረታ ቤት ትምህርቲ ሰውራ ንምጽንባል ኣብ ቅድሜኹም ምርካበይ ዓቢ ኽብሪ ይስምዓኒ። ምስ ታሪኽ ሓርነታዊ ቃልስና ዓሚቝ ምትእስሳር ዘለዎ ትካል፡ በዚ ታሪኻዊ ኣጋጣሚ ክዛረብ ንዝተገብረለይ ዕድመ፡ ከም ኣዝዩ ልዑል ክብሪ’የ ዝርእዮ። ምስጋናይ ወሰን ከም ዘይብሉ ድማ ክገልጸልኩም ኣፍቅዱለይ።

Semere Solomon
Jul 298 min read
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